Pondo miners, mine compound, Carletonville, 1970

Pondo miners, mine compound, Carletonville, 1970
 1970; printed 1983

Gallery location
Not on display
 

About this work

David Goldblatt’s photographs from the 1970s and 1980s form a striking portrait of the inequities faced in South Africa under the rule of apartheid. The Afrikaner people in Goldblatts images clearly live a life of privilege, and their middle-class affluence is highlighted in an uncomfortable juxtaposition with the lives of black South Africans.

Artwork Details

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
25.9 × 25.8 cm (image) 30.5 × 30.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Carletonville, South Africa
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse l.c.l.: David Goldblatt / 1983.
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil on reverse l.c.r.: Pondo miners, / mine compound. / Carletonville 1970.
Accession Number
PH149-1983
Department
International Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1983
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney
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Gallery location
Not on display

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